Talk:October 29

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October 29: Republic Day in Turkey (1923) 1929 – About 16 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange on "Black Tuesday", a record that stood for almost 40 years, making a total of $30 billion that had been lost over two days. 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened the last segment of the M25 motorway, an orbital road encircling London that is one of the world's longest. 1991 – Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra (pictured). 1998 – Four teenagers who were denied entry to a disco in Gothenburg, Sweden, set it on fire, killing 63 patrons and injuring over 200 others. 1999 – About 15,000 people died when a supercyclone hit the Indian state of Orissa near the city of Bhubaneswar. More anniversaries: October 28 – October 29 – October 30 It is now February 2, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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• 1682 - William Penn arrives in Pennsylvania

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 01:13, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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• 1942 - The Alaska Highway is completed.

Happened the day before. --mav 01:13, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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• 1998 - In London, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman win a substantial settlement from Express Newspapers for an article that was run on October 5, 1997 that claimed that both were homosexual and their marriage was a sham.

Celebrity news doesn't seem very important in the general scheme of things. This kind of thing happens all the time, why should it be on Wikipedia?

(I made other changes in the edit, if this is overturned please just reinsert it instead of reverting the edit.)

Removed: 1945 - At Gimbels Department Store in New York City the first ballpoint pens go on sale (price: $12.50 each).

The article specifies trhat biros were made in Argentina two years previous to this (and presumably were also sold there, not merely stockpiled indefinately). So the anniversary is of the first US sales, not the first World sales ... and we're not into US-centricism, non? --Tagishsimon

Asterix / M25

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User:Mufka removed the 1959 event of Asterix's first adventures being published. Check here. FYI, in a great many countries the character and adventures of Asterix are part of the popular culture, as it's one of the great comics of the 20th and 21st century. Google acknowleged this by having a special logo on the 50th anniversary October 29. May I politely request you undo your edit? Thanks in advance. Qwrk (talk) 00:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

This event does not rise to the level of global notability required for inclusion. It is not much more than trivia. In order to be considered, it would have to represent a significant social milestone or break some important record. Even then, it is unlikely to warrant inclusion. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:38, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

That's a reasonable explanation and I couldn't agree more. Having said that, why is the following still included?

• 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. Qwrk (talk) 06:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

That is rightly on 1986 in the United Kingdom, but should not be on this article. 89.195.196.183 (talk) 13:48, 30 October 2010 (UTC)